Rajma Masala | Rajma Recipe | Kidney bean curry | Punjabi Rajma Recipe
Vegan and gluten free Rajma Masala | Rajma Recipe | Kidney bean curry is a Punjabi style famous curry. This is also known as comfort food.
To make this boiled rajma (red kidney beans) are simmered in spiced onion tomato based gravy.
Servings 3
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rajma Red Kidney Beans
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- 1 piece Bay Leaf
- 2 Onions grated
- 1/2 inch ginger piece minced
- 1 Green Chilli minced
- 4 garlic flakes minced
- 2 Tomatoes grated
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Rajma masala powder
- A pinch Garam masala powder
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- To begin with wash and soak Rajma for atleast 8 hours. If you wish to prepare this for lunch next day, soak them previous night.
- Next morning, pressure cook it with enough water and salt on high flame for 2 whistles, lower the flame and cook around 10 minutes or till they are done.
- Meanwhile, in a thick bottom pan add oil, bay leaf, onions. Saute till pinkish brown.
- Add minced ginger, garlic and chillies. Keep stirring constantly till the raw aroma of ginger garlic goes away.
- Add chilli powder, dhania powder, salt, turmeric powder, rajma masala powder and garam masala.
- Now add grated tomatoes and let it cook till oil seperates from masala.
- The bright red oil will start to separate from the gravy. To this, add cooked Rajma along with water.
- Keep cooking at high for a while and then on medium/low flame for 5 minutes.
- In addition to that, with the help of ladle mash a table spoon of Rajma.
- This will thicken the gravy. If required add water to adjust the gravy consistency.
- Rajma is Ready, garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve with jeera Rice/steamed Rice.